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This album features photographs of various mines from the Comstock Lode in Nevada.

1- Photograph of the George Hearst memorial plaque inscription. 2- Title Page: "The Mines of the Comstock Lode / from the / Mrs. Phoebe Apperson Hearst / collection of Watkins photographs / in the / Hearst Memorial building / University of California" 3- Acknowledgements page. 4- Charles E. Watkins biographical information. 5- Sutter's Mill, 1851 (photograph of print) 6- An Outline of Comstock History / by / Grant H. Smith. 7- Map of the Comstock Area 8- Map of the / Washoe District / showing mining claims. 9- Vertical section of the Comstock Lode / showing principal mines and ore bodies with dates of discovery. 10- Virginia City from Water Flume. 11- Panorama of Virginia City, Nevada. 12- The City and Sugar Loaf Canyon, from the Water Flume. 13- Panorama of Virginia City, Nevada. 14- Panorama of Virginia City, Nevada. 15- The Combination Shaft from the Water Flume. 16- Virginia City from the Cemetery. 17- The Divide, from the Water Flume 18- Gold Hill, Nevada. 19- The Bonanzas - From the Combination Shaft. 20- Gold Hill, Nevada. 21- Gold Hill from the Wheeler Monument. 22- The French Mill, Silver City. 23- Reservoir with Mt. Davidson. 24- Office and Reservoir, Virginia City Water Works. 25- Mining in the Comstock (Illustrated cross-section diagram of a typical Comstock mine) 26- The Ophir Hoisting Works. 27- Con. Virginia Battery, Mill and Hoisting Works. 28- Con. Virginia Pan Mill, Battery and Hoisting Works. 29- The California Pan Mill. 30- The California Pan Mill. 31- The California Pan Mill. 32- Sierra Nevada and North Consolidated - Virginia City. 33- Laying Foundation, North Consolidation 34- Old Sierra Nevada Hoisting Works - Virginia City. 35- Sierra Nevada Hoisting Works, Old and New - Virginia City. 36- Sierra Nevada Hoisting Works - Virginia City, Nev. 37- Sierra Nevada, from the North Consolidated. 38- The Sierra Nevada Hoisting Works. 39- The Hale-Norcross and Savage - from V. and T. Round House. 40- The Savage Hoisting Works. 41- The Hale and Norcross. 42- Loading from the Chollar. 43- The Overman New Shaft. 44- The Justice Hoisting Works. 45- The Bullion Hoisting Works. 46- The Utah Hoisting Works. 47- Claim Stakes, between Sierra Nevada and N. Con. - V.C. 48- Wells Fargo Mining Co. 49- The Morgan Mill - Carson River. 50- The Baltimore Hoisting Works. 51- View up the Carson River. 52- The Merimac, from the Brunswick - Carson River. 53- The Merimac and Brunswick Mills - Carson River. 54- The Merimac - View down the Carson River. 55- The Brunswick Mill - Carson River. 56- The Brunswick Mill - Carson River. 57- The Brunswick Mill - Carson River. 58- The Brunswick Mill Reservoirs. 59- The Eureka Mill - Carson River. 60- The Vivian Mill - Carson River. 61- The Vivian Mill - Carson River. 62- The Vivian Mill - Carson River, from the V. & T. R. R. 63- The Santiago Mill - Carson River from V. & T. R. R. 64- The Santiago Mill - Carson River, Mt. Davidson in Distance. 65- The Morgan Mill - Carson River. 66- The Morgan Mill - Carson River. 67- Mexican Mill - Carson River. 68- The Santiago Mill - Carson River. 69- The Eureka Mill - Carson River. 70- The Omega - Sight of the Gould and Curry. 71- The Omega - Sight of the Gould and Curry. 72- The Florida Hoisting Works. 73- The Windfield - 7 Mile Canyon. 74- The Florida Hoisting Works. 75- The Nevada Mill - Virginia, Nevada. 76- The Franklin Mill - Carson River. 77- The Empire State - 7 Mile Canyon. 78- The Woodworth Mill - Carson River. 79- The Mariposa Mill - Virginia City. 80- The Pacific - 6 Mile Canyon. 81- The "Land" - 7 Mile Canyon. 82- The Occidental Mill. 83- The Sacramento Mill. 84- Trout Hatchery on the Ophir Grade. 85- "Finis"

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